LES JAPAN NEWS
VOL.52 No.4,December 2011

Journal of the Licensing Executives Society JAPAN

Colum “Encounter” Yorikatsu Hohokabe

1. International Delegates & Committee Meeting Report  
1.1 LES International Management & Delegates Meeting  
October 19-20,2011 (San Diego)
 
1.1.1 Delegates Meeting Junichi Yamazaki
1.1.2 Long Range Planning (LRP) Committee Yorikatsu Hohokabe
1.1.3 Membership Committee Chikao Fukuda
1.1.4 External Relations Committee Ichiro Nakatomi
1.1.5 Meeting Committee Katsumi Harashima
1.1.6 Patent & Technology Licensing (PTL) Committee Yorikatsu Hohokabe
1.1.7 Investment Committee Yorikatsu Hohokabe
1.1.8 Past Presidents Council Chikao Fukuda
1.1.9 Chemicals, Energy, Environmental and Materials Committee Sumiko Kobayash
1.1.10 LESI Consumer Products Committee Yasunori Ohtsuka
1.1.11 Nomination Committee Chikao Fukuda
1.2 LES National President Council Retreat  
October 22-23,2011 (L’Auberge Del Mar) Katsumi Harashima

2.Monographs  
2.1 A study of knowledge-creation mechanism in technology alliances Takashi Momose
2.2 Bankruptcy Proofing a U.S. Patent License: Protecting the Interests of the Licensor James M. Wilton
2.3 Finding suitable alliance firms through the panoramic view method for Intellectual Property Tatsuo Nakamura
2.4 A breach of a license agreement and an infringement of intellectual Property Ayako Fukuda
2.5 Depositing Universities' Patents in IP Commons for Promotion of Innovation Makoto Furunishi

3. Activity reports of each working group & General Study Working Group
3.1 Economic Evaluation of Intellectual Property Working Group (Osaka) Takao Yagi
3.2 Business Law and Intellectual Property Management Working Group Satoshi Ohtsuki
3.3 US Issues Working Group Yorikatsu Hohokabe
3.4 Case Law Studies Working Group (Osaka) Syuichiro Kitamura

4.Monthly Seminar Reports  
〔TOKYO〕  
August 2011  
Mock license negotiations:IP negotiations between Japanese and Chinese Companies Hiroyuki Kogure
Speaker; Hideyuki Ogata (SYSVEL JAPAN K.K.)
Kenichi Osonoe (BANDAI Co., Ltd)
Hirokazu Bessyo (HONDA Motor Co., Ltd.)
Kazushi Takemoto (Suntory Holdings Limited)
Kenji Hidaka (Hidaka East Asia Patent Office)
September 2011  
Important decisions regarding US patents and the movement of amendment of US Patent Law Shinichi Murata
Speaker; David E. Sipiora
Kenneth S. Chang
(Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton)
October 2011  
Practical Points to Note when Making Contracts with Chinese Companies and
Universities, Considering Litigation and Dispute Cases
Manabu Mukaihara
Speaker; Kenji Kuroda (KURODA LAW OFFICES, KURODA PATENT OFFICES)
〔OSAKA〕  
September 2011  
Frameworks and Strategies of IP Litigations
-A case study of "Ultraman" copyright license disputes-
Takao Yagi
Speaker; Junichi Yamazaki (PRESIDENT, LES JAPAN)

5.New Members Secretariat

6.New member’s Self introduction Secretariat

7.Member's plaza  
・Essay on self-written Chinese poem Jinzo Fujino
・Fireside Chat to Next Generation No.12 Yugentei Sharakusei
SENRYU (short humorous poem) as I like No.12 Toshihiko Kanayama
New book introduction Takao Yagi

Editor's note Public Relations Committee